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i want to come back to one final question on karl rove. so with all of the criticism that karl rove is getting do you still think he will go through with this plan or drop it or be able to raise the money? >> all of those things are true. he'll be able to raise the money. he's perfectly willing to take the criticism because unlike some other people, guy that got fired from fox? >> bill: huckabee's got a job. >> you know who i mean. >> dick morris. >> bill: oh god yeah. your guy. i was thinking of -- >> your guy. >> bill: dick morris, the most amoral man in politics. [ laughter ] >> dial 1-800-lawyer. [ laughter ] >> unlike dick, it happens in politics. people still have great faith in his long-term strategic abilities. >> bill: do you believe in god? >> yes. >> bill: do you believe in the god of second chances? >> i believe in the god of tango dances. [ laughter ] >> that's what i tweeted yesterday. >> bill: oh, did you? you know what i'm talking about. mark sanford former governor of south carolina is running for congress. he says god has
i want to come back to one final question on karl rove. so with all of the criticism that karl rove is getting do you still think he will go through with this plan or drop it or be able to raise the money? >> all of those things are true. he'll be able to raise the money. he's perfectly willing to take the criticism because unlike some other people, guy that got fired from fox? >> bill: huckabee's got a job. >> you know who i mean. >> dick morris. >> bill: oh god...
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bush communications director nicole wallace on msnbc this morning, there's karl rove in the wall street journal today, calling what some republicans are trying to do with this government shutdown, quote, ill-conceived. he said that no sentient being believes it will succeed. so you get the anonymous republican source, cnn "balls" comment, but you also get an unnamed house republican aide, calling senator ted cruz a, quote, joke, plain and simple. you get a republican operative allied with house leadership, describing ted cruz as, quote, idiotic position and saying ted cruz, quote, officially jumped the shark this week. another senior house republican aide telling "the huffington post," if there is no plan to get the defunding obama care provision passed in the senate, or even a plan to fight to get it passed in the senate, then what we're talking about isn't a plan to defund obama care, it's just a plan to shut down the government and hope for the best. that is not a great plan. this is all republicans talking about other republicans. it's just chaos. it's not just a day of like long kn
bush communications director nicole wallace on msnbc this morning, there's karl rove in the wall street journal today, calling what some republicans are trying to do with this government shutdown, quote, ill-conceived. he said that no sentient being believes it will succeed. so you get the anonymous republican source, cnn "balls" comment, but you also get an unnamed house republican aide, calling senator ted cruz a, quote, joke, plain and simple. you get a republican operative allied...
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they're probably better not to have found one because it reminded me of the 1986 episode involving karl rove when he's alleged to have bugged his own office. >> pretty sure that's the movie "power." >> called in the fbi. >> you know what i think? i think that mitch mcconnell runs well, to use a kentucky term, in the mud. he's the kind of horse that wants it to rain the night before the kentucky derby so he can slosh through it. >> excellent reference, chris. >> slosh through it. by the way, everything he's said about watergate and nixon and everything else is a smoke screen. the issue is the word spoken in that room. he has not denied a word of it. thank you, chuck todd, thank you, howard fineman. >>> coming up, rare good news for the gun safety side. actually some good news. democrats now think they may be able to at least get to first base, at least get to debate this issue on the floor. we're going to talk to a sister, by the way, tonight of a teacher who was murdered at newtown, connecticut, who traveled to washington to talk to the president last night. we're going to have more on
they're probably better not to have found one because it reminded me of the 1986 episode involving karl rove when he's alleged to have bugged his own office. >> pretty sure that's the movie "power." >> called in the fbi. >> you know what i think? i think that mitch mcconnell runs well, to use a kentucky term, in the mud. he's the kind of horse that wants it to rain the night before the kentucky derby so he can slosh through it. >> excellent reference, chris....
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smart republicans like karl rove, bill o'reilly, they get this. so there's a fight within the republican party, now, between the smart caucus and the dumb caucus. and steve king is just the most kind of ludicrous example of the dumb caucus. boehner is caught in between. >> republicans are going to have to decide whether they belong to the steve king faction of the republican party or the get it done faction of the republican party. that's javier becerra from california, working on a version of the house bill. they propose this idea of inviting republicans to joint town halls over the august -- i think the august recess is going to be very important in terms of when happens in the future of this. msnbc political analyst, jonathan alter. thank you. >> thanks, chris. >>> we'll be right back with #click3. >>> sex scandals, more accurately sexting scandals dominating the news cycle once again, i'll talk to a woman who's living proof that while male politicians often get a second chance, women like her are not afforded the same forgiveness. >>> first i
smart republicans like karl rove, bill o'reilly, they get this. so there's a fight within the republican party, now, between the smart caucus and the dumb caucus. and steve king is just the most kind of ludicrous example of the dumb caucus. boehner is caught in between. >> republicans are going to have to decide whether they belong to the steve king faction of the republican party or the get it done faction of the republican party. that's javier becerra from california, working on a...
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. >> that's the poster child for why this is such a mess is the karl rove group. you cannot, in any realm of reality, say that's not a political group. >> he boasts about raises billions and billions to defeat the democrats. absolutely. >> peter: it is kind of like where do we go from here now? >> that's the problem. >> peter: clearly there's a problem with the 501(c)(4)s that are abusing the system. so now what? >> that's the concern. you're going to have a chilling effect after the scandal the i.r.s. is not going to want to touch this with many, many feet of pole. so you're going to have -- congress is going to have to do something. these are the same guys who depend on the billions of dollarss from the 501(c)(4)s to be elected in the first place. are they going to have an appetite to do much of anything. it is not clear. right now, it is all politics and no solution but if we're going to get past this, we're going to have to put rules in place, i think. >> if you want to create a 501(c)(4), now would be a great time to do it. >> yeah. >> i can't imagine there w
. >> that's the poster child for why this is such a mess is the karl rove group. you cannot, in any realm of reality, say that's not a political group. >> he boasts about raises billions and billions to defeat the democrats. absolutely. >> peter: it is kind of like where do we go from here now? >> that's the problem. >> peter: clearly there's a problem with the 501(c)(4)s that are abusing the system. so now what? >> that's the concern. you're going to have a...
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last night karl rove who is now an umpire, he agreed and said republicans must have more than an anti-obama message. let's listen to the oracle, the architect. >> i think he's right. he was talking about todd akin of missouri and richard mourdock of indiana and their terrible comments on abortion. the republican can't be in mindless opposition to president obama. it has to offer a vision of the future that is attractive and compelling for americans to associate with. >> the problems is that the vision jindal and rove are talking about hasn't changed. only their messaging has. while jindal talks a good game paul krugman pointed out yesterday jindal is proposing eliminating louisiana's incomes tax which is paid primarily by the wealthy and replace it with a sales tax designed to hit the middle class and working class. you're doing the same old hoover stuff, tax the people that get hit the hardest by economic recession and exempt the top penal who make incomes, big incomes. >> but that's not necessarily been born out in states like texas and new hampshire and elsewhere that don't have a state
last night karl rove who is now an umpire, he agreed and said republicans must have more than an anti-obama message. let's listen to the oracle, the architect. >> i think he's right. he was talking about todd akin of missouri and richard mourdock of indiana and their terrible comments on abortion. the republican can't be in mindless opposition to president obama. it has to offer a vision of the future that is attractive and compelling for americans to associate with. >> the problems...
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rove's new cross roads outfit get involved. >> we've not seen the gop, i guess, leaders get involved. when you talk about paul braun, the only announced candidate. he said all that stuff i was taught about evolution and embree yolg and big bang theory, all of that is lies straight from the pit of hell. as i pointed out, the doctor offered medical justification to the claim that the body has a way of preventing pregnancy during rape trauma. he said he was misconstrued but now said he deeply regrets it. we know those waters are murky whenever anyone gets in there. >> i've talked with more than a double republican strategists in georgia. the republican wisdom is that paul brown would not be able to win a general election against the democrat. if he wins the primary, he puts the seat in play. the thought is that phil gingrey could win because the state is slightly red enough. in politics, i go could happen and some of them are not tested them could be fine until the final week of the campaign. >> like i'm not a witch in an ad, for example? anything could happen that. >> coming up, report
rove's new cross roads outfit get involved. >> we've not seen the gop, i guess, leaders get involved. when you talk about paul braun, the only announced candidate. he said all that stuff i was taught about evolution and embree yolg and big bang theory, all of that is lies straight from the pit of hell. as i pointed out, the doctor offered medical justification to the claim that the body has a way of preventing pregnancy during rape trauma. he said he was misconstrued but now said he...
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and they said karl rove is full of hot air. that was megan kelly. she is tough. >> not the person you want to try to make the argument that eric erickson was making to. >> you don't want to try to make his argument. he is just wrong. on top of this marcia blackburn, republican member of congress from tennessee was asked on meet the press yesterday and asked about, so the 77%, unequal pay, so so couldn't we agree there should be legislation to say women should get the same pay as a manyman for the same job and marsha blackburn said no, i don't support that. women don't want that. they don't want equal pay. all they want is to be loved and recognize recognized by their employers, it's insane she withould take that point of view. i would like to meet the woman who says i am okay with -- i am okay with paying me less than the guys for the same job. it just doesn't make any sense. also, particularly, for a party that comes out and says we are a partied we got shellacked so we are going to reach out. reach out and show that we are their sportive of racial
and they said karl rove is full of hot air. that was megan kelly. she is tough. >> not the person you want to try to make the argument that eric erickson was making to. >> you don't want to try to make his argument. he is just wrong. on top of this marcia blackburn, republican member of congress from tennessee was asked on meet the press yesterday and asked about, so the 77%, unequal pay, so so couldn't we agree there should be legislation to say women should get the same pay as a...
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finally one quick question about karl rove. he is also on the side of saying we got to do something about these tea party whackos who get these guys elected and then they can't win in november. >> yeah, it was amazing how many shots got taken at karl rove at cpac. sarah palin, and [ inaudible ] from the conservative media watchdog group -- i'm blanking on the name, i'm sorry -- >> bill: the media research -- >> media research center. thank you. it's pretty amazing how quickly he was able to isle leen at it a lot of those tea party folks. a lot of them probably didn't like him in the first place, but it's amazing -- and he did sort of back down from some of his stuff originally where he was -- that conservative victory project that founded -- after that first round of comments he was helping and hawing on how much they would be getting involved in these primaries and whether or not they would be going after people like steve keg who looks like he is going to win any primary in iowa. >> bill: all right. kevin robolard is a report
finally one quick question about karl rove. he is also on the side of saying we got to do something about these tea party whackos who get these guys elected and then they can't win in november. >> yeah, it was amazing how many shots got taken at karl rove at cpac. sarah palin, and [ inaudible ] from the conservative media watchdog group -- i'm blanking on the name, i'm sorry -- >> bill: the media research -- >> media research center. thank you. it's pretty amazing how quickly...
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former republican consultants like karl rove are saying the same thing. one, they're not speaking with the same voice. that means that the president, the bully pulpit that he has, will eviscerate them. now, look, i don't want the government to shut down because it will hurt people. it will hurt our economy. it will cost us jobs. it will inconvenience the american people. now, you could just -- you know, you could just be kind of a cold-hearted political strategist and say go do it. because it will further erode the support that you have. you're already -- independents are leaving you in droves. hispanics don't want to have anything to do with you. single women don't want to have anything to do with you. blacks won't have anything to do with you since you started trying to restrict their voting rights and so forth. have at it if that's what you want. that's not what we want. we're happy to have this battle and talk about it. it is strengthening obamacare every day that they talk about repeal or defund but shutting the government down has to be the most irr
former republican consultants like karl rove are saying the same thing. one, they're not speaking with the same voice. that means that the president, the bully pulpit that he has, will eviscerate them. now, look, i don't want the government to shut down because it will hurt people. it will hurt our economy. it will cost us jobs. it will inconvenience the american people. now, you could just -- you know, you could just be kind of a cold-hearted political strategist and say go do it. because it...
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thank you for reminding us of karl rove. how about putting him in jail? >> this is "the bill press show." criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he thinks raising the minimum wage is a bad idea for the middle class. but we do care about them, right? vo: the war room tonight at 6 eastern >> chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show," life on your radio and current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour, wednesday, april 10th, mother joans releases yet another tape. this tape pretty embarrassing tape for mitch mcconnell shows him and his staffers sitting around his office down in kentucky saying how can we smear ashley judd. >> that's what it all amounts to. not what kind of a campaign can we mount
thank you for reminding us of karl rove. how about putting him in jail? >> this is "the bill press show." criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. staying in tough with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. not only does senator rubio just care about rich people but somehow he...
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karl rove was warning about this back in '98, '99. back then they were all saying fastest demographic group, republicans get smart faster, you're going to pay, and we've paid. >> we're seeing signs now -- i'm sorry? >> i was going to say, jeb bush is very actively involved in this right now. >> motivated by the politics, this will do more to still late america's economic growth than most of the stuff we normally talk about. getting more people, ph.d.s, technology, able to stay in this country after their get their ph.d.s. this will make a big difference. >> mike. >> jeb bush on the president's side saying they need to go big. that you need to do a comprehensive plan like the one we're talking about that takes in -- not the piecemeal approach, the republicans have talked about. marco rubio, just in the last week, really moving the debate on this, convincing republican talk show hosts, other influential conservatives that what we have now is amnesty, that there need to be changes. change on this just in the last couple weeks is astonish
karl rove was warning about this back in '98, '99. back then they were all saying fastest demographic group, republicans get smart faster, you're going to pay, and we've paid. >> we're seeing signs now -- i'm sorry? >> i was going to say, jeb bush is very actively involved in this right now. >> motivated by the politics, this will do more to still late america's economic growth than most of the stuff we normally talk about. getting more people, ph.d.s, technology, able to stay...
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. >> it's a white board, i'm not karl rove yet. >> megyn: just a small one, but you opened a beautiful sentiment about family and your son and 86 on the test. marc jumped all over it, but had points, you know, you can reach out during business hours. >> yeah. >> megyn: and instead of golfing with your buddies, maybe you could golf with somebody on capitol hill maybe you could think you could make progress with. >> look, i think that clearly the president is acknowledging now, right, by what he's doing this week, that he needs to spend more time with members of congress, that he's got to roll up his sleeves and be a little more like lbj than the way he was in the first term. and look, presidents, not everybody brings the same set of skills, i mean, president obama is a very thoughtful and serious guy, great order, you talk about that on the show quite a bit. and you know, the social side is not what animates him about politics, he's trying to broaden out and become a better president and responding to what critics are saying and recognizes he's he got to roll up his sleeves and spend ti
. >> it's a white board, i'm not karl rove yet. >> megyn: just a small one, but you opened a beautiful sentiment about family and your son and 86 on the test. marc jumped all over it, but had points, you know, you can reach out during business hours. >> yeah. >> megyn: and instead of golfing with your buddies, maybe you could golf with somebody on capitol hill maybe you could think you could make progress with. >> look, i think that clearly the president is...
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. >> by the way, let me say karl rove was twisting of the wind. every friday for a summer, karl rove, we heard, oh, today is the day he is going to be indicted. when the press knew and fitzgerald knew it wasn't he, but a close associate of colin powell that leaked valerie plame's name. >> steve schmidt, thank you so much. >>> ahead, bob mcdonald makes a surprising new announcement on voting rights in his state and he joins us straight ahead, along with naacp president ben je jealous. >>> "news you can't use" is next. s ] no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay -- you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? i am an american i'm a teacher. i'm a firefighter. i'm a carpenter. i'm an accountant. a mechanical engineer. and i shop at walmart. truth i
. >> by the way, let me say karl rove was twisting of the wind. every friday for a summer, karl rove, we heard, oh, today is the day he is going to be indicted. when the press knew and fitzgerald knew it wasn't he, but a close associate of colin powell that leaked valerie plame's name. >> steve schmidt, thank you so much. >>> ahead, bob mcdonald makes a surprising new announcement on voting rights in his state and he joins us straight ahead, along with naacp president ben...
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you have karl rove saying it's candidate quality. that's true in some cases. it's true they didn't connect with minority voters. also that they were outrun by the obama campaign in terms of grassroots organization and technology. isn't it all those things put together? >> we have many problems, and they're deep problems. one of the things that's a big problem for republicans is this notion that we lost the election because the obama administration, the president gave stuff away to people. there's a part of the electorate like children looking for free stuff. you win elections because you can make a case to people that you have a plan to make their lives better. you have a vision for the future of the country. you have a plan to move the country forward. we're just totally deficient in this space. not to mention, and it's no small thing, the cast of characters and loons who dominated that primary stage. from michele bachman talking about immunizations to the dozens of others we could throw out. i think part of our problem that's fixed is our leaders and respons
you have karl rove saying it's candidate quality. that's true in some cases. it's true they didn't connect with minority voters. also that they were outrun by the obama campaign in terms of grassroots organization and technology. isn't it all those things put together? >> we have many problems, and they're deep problems. one of the things that's a big problem for republicans is this notion that we lost the election because the obama administration, the president gave stuff away to people....
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rove in thee karl next election, what is the platform? what are two or three policy- related bangs? we all understand there are negative sides, but every canada it really wants to talk about something. what would you tell a candidate if you were the campaign manager that he or she should run on as a basic platform on economic and domestic policy? >> i'd think republicans have a disadvantage. come from kentucky. i lived in new york and have lived in california. believe it or not, there is a whole swath of the country that does not agree with california or new york, and they're quite vocal and increasingly so. we have to put it into perspective the puritan if you take the long-term point of view, there will be differences. downs inl be ups and fortune. i think the republican party is looking at itself very seriously and intently. i think the republicans felt very intensely the loss of 2012 so they know something needs to be done. and there is a lot of different opinion as to what is really going on. and as for me, i am focused on jobs and employment in think that is still very relevan
rove in thee karl next election, what is the platform? what are two or three policy- related bangs? we all understand there are negative sides, but every canada it really wants to talk about something. what would you tell a candidate if you were the campaign manager that he or she should run on as a basic platform on economic and domestic policy? >> i'd think republicans have a disadvantage. come from kentucky. i lived in new york and have lived in california. believe it or not, there is...
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rove, but didn't win. it doesn't mean that big money's still not a problem. >> big money is at work right now on capitol hill. and you know, most people don't realize that when people think of money and politics, i think they usually think of campaign finance spending and contributions. but really, i think the bigger problem is the lobbying. it is more money and it really closes off the system to all kinds of progressive outcomes and just decent outcomes. and you know, dick durbin said the banks own the place and you know, the banks and a few other big lobbies do own the place and it does affect both parties. >> bill: we still have to worry about money in politics. >> always. >> bill: still have to do something about citizens united. you know where the koch brothers are spending money is at the state level. state legislatures, too. when we come back, chris orr joins us. we'll go to the movies with chris. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." like verse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on
rove, but didn't win. it doesn't mean that big money's still not a problem. >> big money is at work right now on capitol hill. and you know, most people don't realize that when people think of money and politics, i think they usually think of campaign finance spending and contributions. but really, i think the bigger problem is the lobbying. it is more money and it really closes off the system to all kinds of progressive outcomes and just decent outcomes. and you know, dick durbin said...
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. >> bill: sarah palin and karl rove, rand paul and marco rubio john mccain calling them whacko birds. >> yeah, i feel like he is the guy at then of scooby doo -- if it wasn't for those darn kids. it's not just enough to hate government. when you elect folks to government that hate government they destroy it. you would never put somebody as a ceo of a company who hated the company. >> bill: the other thing they came without a report this week which some people call the autopsy, which i love, which autopsies are performed on cold dead bodies that you know are not coming back from the grave. >> yes. >> bill: and they say we need to be the party of outreach. and the very next day reince priebus says we are the party that believes that marriage is between one man and one woman only. when 81% of the voters support marriage equality. so they are not the party of outreach. >> absolutely not. i saw this in the republican party in the '90s when i was rap. there was a lot of lip service reaching out to young folks, but the core base will just not let it happen. >> correct me if i'm wrong, but w
. >> bill: sarah palin and karl rove, rand paul and marco rubio john mccain calling them whacko birds. >> yeah, i feel like he is the guy at then of scooby doo -- if it wasn't for those darn kids. it's not just enough to hate government. when you elect folks to government that hate government they destroy it. you would never put somebody as a ceo of a company who hated the company. >> bill: the other thing they came without a report this week which some people call the...
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you didn't let karl rove write the book about politics, you wrote your own chapter, you sent him back to the white house. while we're on the topic of election -- we didn't say one thing -- i know bruce is going to be facing and what you're going be saying on tv, we can't continue with a system where one billionaire can write a $ $10 million check and change the course of an election. bruce knows better than anyone in this room, that shouldn't happen in the united states, that shouldn't happen in a democracy. citizens united was wrong, how do we fix it? how do we fix it? well, the first thing we need to do is to pass a disclose act so we know who the donors are and who are writing the checks. i think you know that's not enough. it's by passing a constitutional amendment to overturn that case. that is how we really change it. that is how we send the real message. everyone in this country that our democracy, our states, our country is not for sale. despite all of the super pacs. you're going to see them next year and i know the grassroots politics going win them over every single time. d
you didn't let karl rove write the book about politics, you wrote your own chapter, you sent him back to the white house. while we're on the topic of election -- we didn't say one thing -- i know bruce is going to be facing and what you're going be saying on tv, we can't continue with a system where one billionaire can write a $ $10 million check and change the course of an election. bruce knows better than anyone in this room, that shouldn't happen in the united states, that shouldn't happen...
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. >> bill: so but he could -- you know, for republicans, karl rove, whom you know very well? you write a book about him. he is he going to look at a ted cruz and say this is a guy we could win with? >> no. >> bill: that could be a problem. >> it is. it's hard to imagine that someone like cruz, although he could win the tea party primary in some of these other states it's hard to imagine someone like ted cruz with sort of extremest views that he has would emerge fundamentally as ultimately the nominee of the party because of that and certainly, like us not as the -- as the winner in a presidential race. but, bill, he is pushing but tongs. not just in texas. he is going to be in south carolina tonight. >> bill: yeah. >> at the silver elephant the republican dinner. he is going to be in new york at the republican dinner on may 29th, where it's interesting. we will see how well he discusses his opposition to super storm sandy funding. i am sure that will go over great. but, you know, he is a -- he is the sort of modern emergency of a jim dement republican and all of you lib ram c
. >> bill: so but he could -- you know, for republicans, karl rove, whom you know very well? you write a book about him. he is he going to look at a ted cruz and say this is a guy we could win with? >> no. >> bill: that could be a problem. >> it is. it's hard to imagine that someone like cruz, although he could win the tea party primary in some of these other states it's hard to imagine someone like ted cruz with sort of extremest views that he has would emerge...
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karl rove on stage. but you know, romney's response to that, he would have talked about the 47% again. the makers and the takers. that's another thing where the president said you know, that supporting social security and medicare medicaid does not make us a nation of takers. that was a slap at paul ryan. >> oh, for sure! direct slap at paul ryan who, of course, was there. unlike many other prominent republicans. then he took it a step further. he said these programs don't zap our freedom. they give us freedom. i think that's a strong argument and one that liberals ought to make because here's the idea. before we had social security, what did you do when you got old and you were poor? you either lived with your children or you went to a poorhouse. and these programs give you the freedom to not have to -- the burden of taking care of your parents. when they get old. >> bill: so this was really -- i think the president's challenge about this is who i am and this is who we ought to be as a people. he didn't
karl rove on stage. but you know, romney's response to that, he would have talked about the 47% again. the makers and the takers. that's another thing where the president said you know, that supporting social security and medicare medicaid does not make us a nation of takers. that was a slap at paul ryan. >> oh, for sure! direct slap at paul ryan who, of course, was there. unlike many other prominent republicans. then he took it a step further. he said these programs don't zap our...